I created the JOY of Yoga School of Integrative Learning to offer a deeper understanding of traditional Hatha Yoga practices and energetic arts from Tibet and Asia, with peer reviewed scientific approaches to health and well being.
Since the creation of the JOY of Yoga 200 Hour Teacher Training in 2006, and the JOY of Yoga 300 Hour Teacher Training in 2011, this program has been offered locally, nationally, and internationally. JOY offers yoga for varying physical ability (yoga is for everyone!), and supports the understanding of yoga as a physical, energetic, and philosophical inquiry.
Whether you are looking to embark upon teaching yoga in your career, as service, or to family and friends, you will walk away confident you have the tools and continued support to succeed. The JOY programs are for everyone, and we invite you to join us. Perhaps you want to deepen your understanding of your practice; perhaps you want to learn how to apply the vast benefits of the practice to your life; perhaps you are going through a life transition; perhaps you want to teach; or you want to offer back what yoga has offered you. You are not just attending a training, you are joining a community of intelligent, dedicated practitioners and faculty whom you can be potentially connected with throughout your life.
These programs provide essential knowledge and insight into the anatomical structures and biomechanical functions of the human body, as well as the science of mind. The programs balance an understanding of the roots of yoga (which are vast), with innovative applications of yoga, self-care, meditation, and mindfulness that is relevant and supportive to everyone who has the unique opportunities and challenges of living in western culture, and in particular, our extremely dynamic, innovative, and potentially stressful area of the world.
Once you have read the information about our programs, please feel free to contact me with questions. We offer scholarships to the under-served, as well as payment plans.
Evidence-based research indicates that meditation lowers blood pressure, relieves depression, supports the immune system, increases productivity, promotes innovative thinking, among a whole host of other benefits.
No matter who we are or what our circumstances, meditation and embodied awareness practices are essential tools in cultivating presence of mind, body, and heart, such that we can live more joyful, mindful lives, and be of more meaningful benefit in the world.
In Season 1, Jennifer shares a series of progressive sequences, each building upon the last. Using the elements as our guide we begin with a foundational study of stability before moving into explorations of fluidity, wise use of vital energy, and experiments in balance and lightness of being.
In Season 2, Jennifer shares a series of creative and progressive sequences to help grow your practice, and look at how to use the shapes that we are creating to evolve and transform ourselves from the inside out.
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